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ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS GROWING EVERY NOV. 15.
By admin | October 29, 2004
by Steve Kindred
From Cannabis Digest Fall 2004 (Issue #4).
International Medical Marijuana Day is a special day for people that need marijuana for their health. On that day we proclaim our right to use cannabis.
This year the International Hempology101 Society will be hosting the 2nd annual silent art auction combined with the first ever slide-show presentation about the history of the CBC. This event will start in the Victoria Public Library at 2 pm on Mon Nov 15, with the slide-show from 3 to 4pm and the art auction ending at 4:20 exactly.
A few select people first conceived International Medical Marijuana Day in 1994. Fourteen people including Elvy Musikka (featured in the 2nd edition of Cannabis Digest) were invited to Washington D.C. to take part in a demonstration outside the White House. Why November 15 was chosen is still a mystery.
The International Hempology101 Society started celebrating in 1995. It was at a Nov 14, 1996 city council meeting that the CBC came out off the closet. On November 15, 1999 Leon (Ted) Smith let the people of Victoria know about this historic day by bringing 101 cannabis cookies to the public library to giveaway. This was well received by all who attended, with the police watching and telling the media that no one would be arrested because there did not seem to be a problem.
The year 2000 was one of the best remembered of all medical marijuana days. On Nov 8 2000, Ted was arrested at the campus at University of Victoria and charged with trafficking for sharing a few joints. One week later he brought 420 cookies to the public library to give to all who attended. Because Ted had communicated through the press his intention to go ahead with another pot cookie giveaway, the Victoria Police Department were on site. This had dire consequences, as Sgt. Laur busted Ted who was later quoted as saying ” I never worked so hard to get busted”. It appears that the city police enjoyed 37 cookies, so he was only charged with possession of 383 cookies. Trial begins Nov 8!
International Medical Marijuana Day was a quiet event in 2001. Bail conditions set upon Ted did not allow him to do a cookie giveaway, so members brought they own.
In 2002 Ted ran a good campaign for mayor of Victoria. He learned how to get a proclamation from the city declaring November 15 as I.M.M.D.
The International Medical Marijuana Day 2003 was celebrated by the first annual silent art auction. This event was fairly successful as over $1000 was raised to help pay for the excellent work our lawyer Robert Moore-Stewart has done for Ted and the Cannabis Buyers� Clubs. There was a cookie giveaway as usual. The City of Victoria proclaimed Nov 15, 2003 as I.M.M.D.
This year members of the International Hempology101 Society are asking different municipalities in the Greater Victoria Region to issue their own proclamations.
The International Hempology101 Society believes that International Medical Marijuana Day is a great opportunity to create awareness in the community about the medical effects of this wonderful herb.
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